convergence phenomena

ageing

Global demographics present contrasting situations (population explosion here, declining birth rate there). They also show common trends converging in the long term, such as an aging population and demographic transition. What new faces of the world will they shape throughout all fields, such as employment, housing, consumption, transportation, finance, and health?

[Ageing in 2030]

[French Development Council, Pays of Trégor-Goëlo]
[Conception and support of a foresight exercise with NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES]
Lannion, France — 2008-2009

Housing In An Ageing Society

Yonsei University / Department of Housing and Interior Design
Seoul, Korea — March 28, 2007

multiple mobility

Mobility is not just physical movement. It also now includes virtual ubiquity, mobility of sympathies, sentiments, loyalties, occupational mobility, zapping, and any other form of fast travel. Have the moorings been cast off, or were they just moved?

genders

In the changing relationship between men and women, we often observe only one of them: women. If her status is still frequently degraded, her real aspirations are often neglected. We tend to overlook the male revolution that is gradually transforming men. From the stepfamily to homosexual couples, the redefinition of relations between men and women pose practical issues that must be addressed.

Women at the heart of the future

University Women of Europe (UWE)
The Hague, Netherlands — September 29, 2006

collective intelligence, networks

In France, collective intelligence defines how working groups reflect together, share information and interact together to achieve a wiser choice as a group as opposed to a single individual. In the U.S.A. this issue has been extended to the notion of swarm intelligence and distributed intelligence. This complex issue, essential for the future because of its multiple applications, is closely linked to the phenomenon of networks and the skills of the next generations.

[Human Capital in Foresight]

IAURIF [Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Ile-de-France Region]
Paris, France — 2000

[Collective Intelligence in the Cradle]

[Cerisy conference]
Cerisy, France — June 2000